Pampore Terrorist Encounter : Two terrorists have been killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces at Drangbal area of Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, officials said.
“Two terrorists killed. Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition recovered. Search going on,” police said.
“Lashkar-e- Taiba (LeT) terrorist Umar Mustaq Khandey who martyred our 2 colleagues SgCT Mohammad Yousf and Ct Suhail Ah in Baghat Srinagar while they were having tea, neutralised in Drangbal, Pampore. Amongst various other crimes of the terrorists, this stands out as most unforgivable,” Kashmir Police tweeted.
The fire-fight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of terrorists.
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Pampore Terrorist Encounter : As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.
A joint team of police and army launched a search operation after getting specific information about the presence of terrorists. As soon as the security forces reached the place, the terrorists started firing on them, after which the encounter started.
In February this year, Mustaq along with another terrorist Saqib targeted the policemen. The terrorists had opened fire on the police party in Bhagat of Barazulla area. Two policemen from Jammu and Kashmir were martyred in this. The terrorist attack was captured on CCTV.
